A Bayesian approach to biomechanical modeling to optimize over large parameter spaces while considering anatomical variability

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VI, Issue , 2004, Pages 4626-4629

  Santos, V J ^a   Valero Cuevas, F J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical modeling; Hand; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Metropolis Hastings sampling; Parameter estimation; Stochastic simulation; Thumb

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TENDONS;

BIOMECHANICAL MODELING; HAND; METROPOLIS-HASTINGS SAMPLINGS; MORKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; STOCHASTIC STIMULATION; THUMB;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 11144326727     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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